Open Access (OA) and Scholarly Communication at the University of California
Scholarly research publications and their distribution models are changing — and the University of California and its scholars have been both drivers and beneficiaries of these exciting transformations in recent years. This site is a resource for UC faculty, researchers, students and staff who want to learn more about:
- University of California open access policies
- Open access publishing support @ UC
- Benefits of and tools for openly sharing research data
- Changing models of peer review, evaluation metrics, and publication funding
- Current issues in scholarly communication via the OSC blog
Recent Posts
Pathways to Open Access: Transformative Agreements and CDL
August 11, 2022
The Pathways blog series highlights CDL’s efforts on various pathways to open access and illustrates how diverse approaches can complement and reinforce each other–and how they can raiseWhy the UC Research Data Policy is Important
August 10, 2022
What do a court case victory over PETA, recovered research data from a ransomware attack, and a dispute over Alzheimer’s data have in common? They are all front-page examples of UC stepping in toCampus Partner Highlight: Mitchell Brown reflects on the success of eScholarship at UC Irvine
August 8, 2022
As the celebrations of eScholarship’s 20th anniversary continue, we turn our attention to our longstanding relationship with UC Irvine and our successful partnership on both the repository andNature portfolio now included in UC-Springer Nature open access agreement
July 27, 2022
Beginning August 1, 2022, UC corresponding authors publishing in the Nature portfolio of journals will be able to publish their articles as open access with financial support from the UC libraries.IEEE and University of California Sign Transformative Open Access Publishing Agreement
July 27, 2022
This post is a press release issued by IEEE and the University of California. IEEE and the University of California today announce a four-year read-and-publish agreement to enable researchers across
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Recent Posts
- Pathways to Open Access: Transformative Agreements and CDL
- Why the UC Research Data Policy is Important
- Campus Partner Highlight: Mitchell Brown reflects on the success of eScholarship at UC Irvine
- Nature portfolio now included in UC-Springer Nature open access agreement
- IEEE and University of California Sign Transformative Open Access Publishing Agreement
